Shropshire Union Canal Bunbury Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1991. Bridge.

Shropshire Union Canal Bunbury Bridge

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1991
Type
Bridge
Address
Shropshire Union Canal Bunbury Bridge, Alpraham and Calveley, CW6 9QB
OS grid reference
SJ 577 590
Coordinates
53.12708, -2.6326
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bunbury Bridge is a road bridge over the Shropshire Union Canal, built in the late 18th century with later alterations. It is constructed of brick and features stone copings. The bridge has a single skew arch with a ring band and a solid humped parapet. There is a brick-paved towpath with stone coping beneath the arch. This bridge is part of an important group of canal buildings and is designated as a scheduled ancient monument.

Local climate

Shropshire Union Canal Bunbury Bridge receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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